Grief Therapists in Pownal, VT
I am a family and marriage therapist licensed in Vermont with over 8 years of experience working as Marriage and Family counselor. My therapy style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and various family therapy models. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.
I am a family and marriage therapist licensed in Vermont with over 8 years of experience working as Marriage and Family counselor. My therapy style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and various family therapy models. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards change. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support and empower you.
It can be a daunting process to find a therapist you can connect with, trust, and where you can experience real and lasting change. I work with adolescents and adults who are navigating gender identity, complex trauma, anxiety, depression, climate anxiety, relationship challenges, and other life issues. Using a variety of modalities, including EMDR and polyvagal therapy, we work together to design and implement a treatment plan that is as unique as you are. I am committed to my clients and care deeply about helping them achieve positive outcomes through therapy. Telehealth sessions available for residents of VT and TN.
It can be a daunting process to find a therapist you can connect with, trust, and where you can experience real and lasting change. I work with adolescents and adults who are navigating gender identity, complex trauma, anxiety, depression, climate anxiety, relationship challenges, and other life issues. Using a variety of modalities, including EMDR and polyvagal therapy, we work together to design and implement a treatment plan that is as unique as you are. I am committed to my clients and care deeply about helping them achieve positive outcomes through therapy. Telehealth sessions available for residents of VT and TN.
This can look like renegotiating your relationship with substance use, exploring relationship stress, learning about boundaries, managing the demands of care-giving, coping with chronic pain and illness, grieving a loss or some combination of all of the above.
I approach psychotherapy as a collaboration. As I see it, our goal is to work together to help you become your own best ally in achieving your goals.
This can look like renegotiating your relationship with substance use, exploring relationship stress, learning about boundaries, managing the demands of care-giving, coping with chronic pain and illness, grieving a loss or some combination of all of the above.
I approach psychotherapy as a collaboration. As I see it, our goal is to work together to help you become your own best ally in achieving your goals.
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I have a particular expertise in recovery from grief and loss, working at the client's pace to process complex emotions and to promote a sense of healing.
I invite clients into a supportive atmosphere where they can share and explore their different emotions, experience empathy, and being fully heard. Clients will develop skills to better manage their upsets, fears, or relational challenges, both past and present. From a mindful perspective, I challenge clients to create a ‘half-full' mindset, to gradually move beyond emotional reactivity or overwhelm. Regardless of the challenge, clients will learn to see the opportunities in life, rather than falling victim to upsets, and will gradually move into a new way of being - one with a renewed sense of possibility, peace, and freedom.
I have a particular expertise in recovery from grief and loss, working at the client's pace to process complex emotions and to promote a sense of healing.
I invite clients into a supportive atmosphere where they can share and explore their different emotions, experience empathy, and being fully heard. Clients will develop skills to better manage their upsets, fears, or relational challenges, both past and present. From a mindful perspective, I challenge clients to create a ‘half-full' mindset, to gradually move beyond emotional reactivity or overwhelm. Regardless of the challenge, clients will learn to see the opportunities in life, rather than falling victim to upsets, and will gradually move into a new way of being - one with a renewed sense of possibility, peace, and freedom.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed or dissatisfied with aspects of your life due to grief, managing a medical diagnosis, anxiety, caregiving for others, or challenges in parenting, career, or relationships, we are here for you.
At Building Insight Counseling, our guiding principle is to help each client identify concrete tools and personal strengths to support a journey to optimal well-being. We are experienced with anxiety, depression, grief, cancer and chronic health issues, stress, relationship or parenting challenges, and care-taking. We can support you along the way.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed or dissatisfied with aspects of your life due to grief, managing a medical diagnosis, anxiety, caregiving for others, or challenges in parenting, career, or relationships, we are here for you.
At Building Insight Counseling, our guiding principle is to help each client identify concrete tools and personal strengths to support a journey to optimal well-being. We are experienced with anxiety, depression, grief, cancer and chronic health issues, stress, relationship or parenting challenges, and care-taking. We can support you along the way.
For seniors, therapy offers support through life changes, loss, aging, and the search for meaning, while honoring a lifetime of experience.
Find relief and help as you navigate the complexities of life - work, family, feeling lost, grief, trauma, relationships, and major life transitions/change. Whether life shifted suddenly, you've lost a sense of self, or are carrying losses that you haven't yet processed, I offer a grounded, compassionate space to process, heal and realign.
For seniors, therapy offers support through life changes, loss, aging, and the search for meaning, while honoring a lifetime of experience.
Find relief and help as you navigate the complexities of life - work, family, feeling lost, grief, trauma, relationships, and major life transitions/change. Whether life shifted suddenly, you've lost a sense of self, or are carrying losses that you haven't yet processed, I offer a grounded, compassionate space to process, heal and realign.
Whether that means working through grief and loss, exploring one's identity, divorce, a career change, starting over in a new place, a medical event that results in a change in lifestyle, or stopping a habit that no longer serves you.
My background in community mental health has informed my therapeutic style and allowed me to develop an approach rooted in collaboration and advocacy. I aim to empower clients to see new perspectives and make positive change in their lives.
Whether that means working through grief and loss, exploring one's identity, divorce, a career change, starting over in a new place, a medical event that results in a change in lifestyle, or stopping a habit that no longer serves you.
My background in community mental health has informed my therapeutic style and allowed me to develop an approach rooted in collaboration and advocacy. I aim to empower clients to see new perspectives and make positive change in their lives.
For over 30 years I have grown and learned from those exploring identity issues, in transition, living with depression or anxiety, grief, a life limiting illness, issues of aging and loss, and those seeking to deepen a connection to curiosity, joy, peace, and ease.
To be a compassionate companion in the process of healing is an honor I hold as sacred. Wherever you may find yourself on your journey, I will witness, listen, ask deep questions, and offer support without judgement. My goal is to provide a safe space that allows you to remember and know who you are. I will support you to understand your lived and embodied experience with a spacious sense of connectedness. Combining expressive and creative techniques with mindfulness-based practices, we will work together towards integration and wholeness based on your chosen goals.
For over 30 years I have grown and learned from those exploring identity issues, in transition, living with depression or anxiety, grief, a life limiting illness, issues of aging and loss, and those seeking to deepen a connection to curiosity, joy, peace, and ease.
To be a compassionate companion in the process of healing is an honor I hold as sacred. Wherever you may find yourself on your journey, I will witness, listen, ask deep questions, and offer support without judgement. My goal is to provide a safe space that allows you to remember and know who you are. I will support you to understand your lived and embodied experience with a spacious sense of connectedness. Combining expressive and creative techniques with mindfulness-based practices, we will work together towards integration and wholeness based on your chosen goals.
Whether you are coping with profound life changes, anxiety and depression, chronic illness, grief and loss, or struggles in your relationship, I can help.
I bring a grounded, whole-person, body-centered approach to therapy. Using concrete tools, compassion, and drawing upon many years of experience working in grief, loss and oncology, I help clients through life's most challenging transitions. My background in yoga, spirituality, mindfulness and meditation, guides my work as a holistic therapist.
Whether you are coping with profound life changes, anxiety and depression, chronic illness, grief and loss, or struggles in your relationship, I can help.
I bring a grounded, whole-person, body-centered approach to therapy. Using concrete tools, compassion, and drawing upon many years of experience working in grief, loss and oncology, I help clients through life's most challenging transitions. My background in yoga, spirituality, mindfulness and meditation, guides my work as a holistic therapist.
Grief counseling and adjusting to divorce are areas in which I have had much experience.
When life seems overwhelming and even routine tasks become too difficult, having a trusted confidante to help navigate life's journey can make all the difference. I will help you develop new, more positive ways of viewing your situation by doing a detailed assessment in all areas of your life. By taking the time to really understand my clients from a heart-centered intuitive approach, I am able to customize strategies that best enable you to reach your goals. Helping you become your authentic self is my priority. I have over 30 years experience to provide the best care possible for my clients. I offer video for residents of Vermont.
Grief counseling and adjusting to divorce are areas in which I have had much experience.
When life seems overwhelming and even routine tasks become too difficult, having a trusted confidante to help navigate life's journey can make all the difference. I will help you develop new, more positive ways of viewing your situation by doing a detailed assessment in all areas of your life. By taking the time to really understand my clients from a heart-centered intuitive approach, I am able to customize strategies that best enable you to reach your goals. Helping you become your authentic self is my priority. I have over 30 years experience to provide the best care possible for my clients. I offer video for residents of Vermont.
Professional Counselor with over 8 years of Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy experience providing services to all ages. My work and passion are centered around using evidence based techniques as a model for the healing process that will empower clients in achieving their personal goals. I specialize in parent-child dynamics, relational theory, grief & trauma, and anxiety. I use numerous treatment modalities and techniques.
Professional Counselor with over 8 years of Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy experience providing services to all ages. My work and passion are centered around using evidence based techniques as a model for the healing process that will empower clients in achieving their personal goals. I specialize in parent-child dynamics, relational theory, grief & trauma, and anxiety. I use numerous treatment modalities and techniques.
I am a therapist who offers a nurturing and integrative approach to helping you create the life you want to live. Creatively we will help you to break through barriers of self-doubt and insecurity, release limiting patterns, and guide you towards standing in your strength. Together we will identify solutions that reduce anxiety, lift depression, improve self-esteem, heal trauma, navigate the losses and find your center again. My approach is personalized to your unique needs and preferences: CBT with Applied Neuroscience, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness Techniques, Emotional Freedom Technique, Somatic Therapy, and Parts Work.
I am a therapist who offers a nurturing and integrative approach to helping you create the life you want to live. Creatively we will help you to break through barriers of self-doubt and insecurity, release limiting patterns, and guide you towards standing in your strength. Together we will identify solutions that reduce anxiety, lift depression, improve self-esteem, heal trauma, navigate the losses and find your center again. My approach is personalized to your unique needs and preferences: CBT with Applied Neuroscience, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness Techniques, Emotional Freedom Technique, Somatic Therapy, and Parts Work.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause.
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause.
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
I specialize in helping people overcome complex and “difficult-to-treat” problems. Clients often come to therapy feeling "stuck" and wanting more freedom in their choices. I work with clients to help identify and bring light to the strategies that we often use to avoid our feelings and keep us locked in patterns we want to shift.
I specialize in helping people overcome complex and “difficult-to-treat” problems. Clients often come to therapy feeling "stuck" and wanting more freedom in their choices. I work with clients to help identify and bring light to the strategies that we often use to avoid our feelings and keep us locked in patterns we want to shift.
Clients work with me to find the person hidden behind the protective walls they have built up to feel safe. They need, and want, to feel close to family and friends again but are scared it might not work out in their favor. Their goals are often to love themselves, speak up for themselves, and know they are capable no matter how hard life may be in this season. My clients want to let the past be the past and have their future go the way they've envisioned for so long.
I enjoy working across the lifespan with anyone ready to improve issues with anxiety, depression, focus, or self-worth.
Clients work with me to find the person hidden behind the protective walls they have built up to feel safe. They need, and want, to feel close to family and friends again but are scared it might not work out in their favor. Their goals are often to love themselves, speak up for themselves, and know they are capable no matter how hard life may be in this season. My clients want to let the past be the past and have their future go the way they've envisioned for so long.
I enjoy working across the lifespan with anyone ready to improve issues with anxiety, depression, focus, or self-worth.
Issues I help people work through include anxiety, depression, grief, obsessive thoughts, loss of vitality, addiction, codependence, and "stuckness" in dysfunctional patterns.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a unique way of listening and responding without preconception to support deepening insight about the dynamics behind distress and unmet desire.
Issues I help people work through include anxiety, depression, grief, obsessive thoughts, loss of vitality, addiction, codependence, and "stuckness" in dysfunctional patterns.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy offers a unique way of listening and responding without preconception to support deepening insight about the dynamics behind distress and unmet desire.
Ideal client: families with adult children, couples, individuals seeking support with relationships or life transitions; folks considering gender transition interventions who desire to make informed decisions. (Note: I do not write letters of recommendation for gender-affirming medical tx.; I will sometimes make referrals.) I believe health and happiness exists when people feel their feelings, discover safety and connection in the present, continuously learn about their environment, take care of their bodies, trust their power and/or a Higher Power to create a life that mirrors the Love that they are, and question their thoughts.
Ideal client: families with adult children, couples, individuals seeking support with relationships or life transitions; folks considering gender transition interventions who desire to make informed decisions. (Note: I do not write letters of recommendation for gender-affirming medical tx.; I will sometimes make referrals.) I believe health and happiness exists when people feel their feelings, discover safety and connection in the present, continuously learn about their environment, take care of their bodies, trust their power and/or a Higher Power to create a life that mirrors the Love that they are, and question their thoughts.
Accepting New Clients Now! Not getting results with talk therapy?Lets get results with AF EMDR, Integrative Mental Health methods, IFS, ACT, Schema, Child Work, Ego States, DBT, STAIR, CAMS. I also help individuals with dating, premarital, couples and Family Counseling. If you are looking understand and manage traumatic experiences, child wounds and to improve your relationships I am here to help you go deep into those problems. I offer supportive counseling using Christian concepts and ! accept clients of all religions and beliefs. Hypnosis services OOP . I treat sleep disorders using techniques: CBTI, MBTI and ACT .
Accepting New Clients Now! Not getting results with talk therapy?Lets get results with AF EMDR, Integrative Mental Health methods, IFS, ACT, Schema, Child Work, Ego States, DBT, STAIR, CAMS. I also help individuals with dating, premarital, couples and Family Counseling. If you are looking understand and manage traumatic experiences, child wounds and to improve your relationships I am here to help you go deep into those problems. I offer supportive counseling using Christian concepts and ! accept clients of all religions and beliefs. Hypnosis services OOP . I treat sleep disorders using techniques: CBTI, MBTI and ACT .
I want to share something important about who I am. I live with cerebral palsy, and that experience has deeply shaped my perspective, resilience, and the way I show up in the world. It has strengthened my empathy, sharpened my determination, and fueled the passion I bring to my work every day. I also believe that humor is an essential part of healing and connection—so if you appreciate a genuine laugh along the way, we’ll likely work well together.
I want to share something important about who I am. I live with cerebral palsy, and that experience has deeply shaped my perspective, resilience, and the way I show up in the world. It has strengthened my empathy, sharpened my determination, and fueled the passion I bring to my work every day. I also believe that humor is an essential part of healing and connection—so if you appreciate a genuine laugh along the way, we’ll likely work well together.
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How long does therapy take for grief?
There is no exact timeline for grief counseling. Some people may start to feel better after just a few sessions, while others may take months or longer to feel relief. Some specific approaches, including some types of CBT, may involve a set number of sessions, or therapy may be open-ended until the patient determines they are ready to wrap up. Just as there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there is no right or wrong way to seek therapy for grief.
When should you seek therapy for grief?
Many people mistakenly believe that their grief needs to be debilitating or all-encompassing to warrant therapy. This is not the case. While people who experience severe, prolonged grief—particularly those who are considering self-harm or engaging in unhealthy substance use—are especially likely to benefit from therapy, so too are people whose grief is less intense but still interfering with well-being or daily functioning. In practice, almost anyone struggling to process a loss could benefit from grief counseling.
Can grief be managed without therapy?
Oftentimes, yes. Grief is a near-universal part of being human, and many find that their grief, while profound, does not stop them from participating in day-to-day life and steadily eases over time without outside help. For others, however, the harsh pain of early grief persists for months or years or leaves them unable to function. This group is especially likely to benefit from seeing a therapist, who can guide them through their grief and help them reconnect with the world.
What happens if grief is left untreated?
Because grief does not in itself necessitate therapy, untreated grief will often resolve on its own. However, for some people—particularly those who would qualify for a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder—untreated grief can be a source of seemingly endless pain or lead them to withdraw from the world. In such cases, treatment can be indispensable, as it can help an individual adapt to the loss and start living again.